Question

I noticed a strange behavior in Visual Studio 2010 when programming C#. When I type

var x = 2 * 5

and then enter ‘;’ VS changes the line to

var x = 2*5;

So it removes the blanks. On the other hand, if I do CTRL+X and CTRL+V in that line, the blanks are inserted again;

var x = 2 * 5;

This is quite annoying when using tools like SVN, since it makes tracking actual changes in the code more difficult. I looked at

Tools->Options->Text Editor->C#->Formatting->Spacing

but couldn’t find anything suitable. Does anybody of you know how to unify the behavior?

Thanks,

Hendrik

Answer 1

In the Menu:

Tools > Options > Text Editor > C# > Formatting > Spacing

Go to Set spacing for operators and select Insert space before and after binary operators

Also in case you use extensions like ReSharper, make sure they are configured the same way as Visual Studio itself.